To give it its full title: Petition to Parliament to revoke Article 50 and cancel Brexit.
This was actually launched some weeks back and attracted only moderate interest...until Theresa May's ill-conceived speech the other night, when she blamed the MPs for the mess she's got herself into. Since then the petition has taken off meteorically, with so many people trying to sign up in support of it that the (government) website crashed repeatedly. After signing, you were supposed to get an email where you had to click on a link before your vote could be counted: many people thought the system wasn't working, but for me, it took 4 hours before that confirmatory email came through.
The number of signatures, UK-wide, now stands at 3 and a quarter million, of which most have accrued in the last 2 days. Given that many people still do not have computers or, if they have, don't indulge in any form of "social media" and therefore see invitations to join the petition, this is quite stunning. They only needed over 100,000 signatures to get it debated in Parliament, and it's already 37 x that!
I have never been much of a great political animal, but this Brexit total fiasco is turning me into one in my later years: I was out tonight at a rally to precede (and support) a contingent from Scotland going to London for tomorrow's "Put It to the People" rally. If anyone has not seen the invitation to support the Petition and would like to do so (UK residents/voters only), here is the link: UK Petition re Brexit
No doubt some of you will disagree with this: if so, just ignore my post or submit only polite comment, please.